Susanne Hempel
Curriculum Vitae
Education
12/2000
Ph.D. (doctor philosophiae, Psychology), University of Halle-Wittenberg,
Germany
04/1993-06/1995
MS in Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
10/1990-03/1993
BA in Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Professional Experience
7/2015-present
Senior Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
12/2014-present
Co-Director of the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC),
located at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
11/2010-present
Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
10/2010-present
Professor of Social Science at Pardee RAND Graduate School, USA
04/2009-11/2010
Associate Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, USA
09/2007-04/2009
Affiliate Associate Behavioral Scientist at RAND Corporation, Santa Monica,
USA
01/2007-09/2007
Consultancy work (systematic reviews), University of Newcastle, UK
01/2007-04/2009
Consultancy work (systematic reviews) for the National Collaborating Centre
for Cancer (NCC-C), Wales, UK
10/2006-04/2008
Consultancy work (systematic review appraisal), Database of Abstracts of
Reviews of Effects (DARE), Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD),
University of York, UK
09/2003-09/2006
Research Fellow at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD),
University of York, UK
02/2006-08/2006
Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, Personality and Measurement,
University of York, UK
09/2000-09/2003
Lecturer at the Centre for Psychological Research in Health and Cognition,
Personality Psychology, University of Derby, UK
09/1996-08/2000
Lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, Individual Differences and
Diagnostics, University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
07/1995-08/1996
Research assistant, Behavior Genetics, University of Bielefeld, Germany
11/1992-06/1995
Graduate student research assistant, Department of Individual Differences and
Personality Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany
Published Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Hempel S, Shekelle PG, Liu JL, Sherwood Danz M, Foy R, Lim YW, Motala A, Rubenstein LV.
(2015). Development of the Quality Improvement Minimum Quality Criteria Set (QI-MQCS):
a tool for critical appraisal of quality improvement intervention publications. BMJ Qual Saf.
2015 Aug 26.
Lokker C, McKibbon K, Colquhoun H, Hempel S. (2015) A scoping review of classification schemes
of interventions to promote and integrate evidence into practice in healthcare. Implementation
Science, 10:27.
Hempel S, Maggard-Gibbons M, Nguyen D, Dawes A, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J, Booth M, Miles J,
Shanman R, Shekelle P (2015) Surgical Never Events: A Systematic Review of Wrong-Site
Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires. JAMA Surgery, 10.1001.
Colquhoun H, Leeman J, Michie S, Lokker C, Bragge P, Hempel S, McKibbon A, Peters G, Stevens
K, Wilson M, & Grimshaw J (2014). Short report: Towards a simplified model of
interventions to promote and integrate evidence into health practices, systems, and policies.
Implementation Science, 9 (51).
Hempel, S (2014). Editorial: Probiotics for diarrhoea. Indian J Med Res, 139(3), 339-41.
Ovretveit J, Hempel S, Magnabosco J, Mittman B, Rubenstein L & Ganz D. (2014) Guidance for
Research-Practice Partnerships (R-PPs) and Collaborative Research. Journal of Health
Organization and Management, 28(1): 115-26.
Rubenstein L, Khodyakov D, Hempel S, Danz M, Salem-Schatz S, Foy R, O'Neill S, Dalal S, Shekelle
P. (2013). How can we recognize continuous quality improvement? Int J Qual Health Care.
Hempel S, Miles JN, Booth MJ, Wang Z, Morton SC, Shekelle PG (2013). Risk of bias: a simulation
study of power to detect study-level moderator effects in meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews,
28, 2(1):107.
Ahmadzai N, Newberry S, Maglione M, Tsertsvadze A, Ansari M, Hempel S, Motala A, et al. (2013).
A Surveillance system to assess the need for updating Systematic Reviews. Systematic
Reviews, 14, 2(1):104.
Danz M, Hempel S, Lim YW, Shanman R, Motala A, Stockdale S, Shekelle P, and Rubenstein L
(2013). Incorporating evidence review into quality improvement: meeting the needs of
innovators. BMJ Quality & Safety.
Hempel S, Newberry S, Wang Z, Booth M, Shanman R, Johnsen B, Shier V, Saliba D, Spector W D &
Ganz D A (2013). Hospital fall prevention: A systematic review of implementation,
components, adherence, and effectiveness. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 61(4),
483-94.
Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. (2013). Inpatient fall prevention programs as a
patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 158 (5), 390-6.
Hartling L, Hamm MP, Milne A, Vandermeer B, Santaguida PL, Ansari M, Tsertsvadze A, Hempel S,
Shekelle P, Dryden DM (2012). Testing the Risk of Bias tool showed low reliability between
individual reviewers and across consensus assessments of reviewer pairs. J Clin Epidemiol.
Dalal SR, Shekelle PG, Hempel S, Newberry SJ, Motala A, Shetty KD. (2012). A Pilot Study Using
Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge to Facilitate Comparative Effectiveness Review
Updating. Med Decis Making. 2012 Sep 7.
Hempel S, Newberry S, Maher A, Wang Z, Miles J, Shanman R, Johnsen B & Shekelle P (2012).
Probiotics for the prevention and treatment of antibiotic-associated diarrhea: A systematic
review and meta-analysis. JAMA, 307 (18), 1959-1969.
Khodyakov D, Hempel S, Rubenstein L, Shekelle P, Foy R, Salem-Schatz S, O'Neill S, Danz M, Dalal
S (2011). Conducting online expert panels: A feasibility and experimental replicability study.
BMC Med Res Methodology, 11 (1), 174.
Hempel S, Rubenstein L, Shaman R, Foy R, Danz M, Golder S & Shekelle P (2011). Identifying
quality improvement intervention publications - A comparison of electronic search strategies.
Implementation Science, 6, 85.
O’Neill S, Rubenstein L, Danz M, Hempel S, Foy R, Lim YW, Suttorp M. & Shekelle P (2011).
Identifying continuous quality improvement publications: what makes an improvement
intervention ‘CQI’? BMJ Qual Saf, 20(12), 1011-9. doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.050880.
Soban L, Hempel S & Rubenstein L (2011). Preventing pressure ulcers in hospitals: A systematic
review of nurse-focused quality improvement interventions. Joint Commission Journal on
Quality and Patient Safety, 37(6), 245-52.
Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald KM, Ovretveit J, Pronovost PJ, Rubenstein LV,
Wachter RM, Shekelle PG (2011). What context features might be important determinants of
the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? BMJ Qual Saf., 20 (7), 611-7.
Dy SM, Taylor SL, Carr LH, Foy R, Pronovost PJ, Ovretveit J, Wachter RM, Rubenstein LV, Hempel
S, McDonald KM, Shekelle PG (2011). A framework for classifying patient safety practices:
results from an expert consensus process. BMJ Qual Saf, 20 (7), 618-24.
Shekelle P, Pronovost P, Wachter R., Taylor S, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald K, Ovretveit J,
Rubenstein L, Adams A, Angood P, Bates D, Bickman L, Carayon P, Donaldson L, Duan L,
Farley D, Greenhalgh T, Haughom J, Lake E, Lilford R, Lohr K, Meyer G, Miller M,
Neuhauser D, Ryan G, Saint S, Shojania K, Shortell S, Stevens S, Walshe K (2011).
Advancing the Science of Patient Safety. Ann Intern Med, 154 (10), 693-6.
Ovretveit JC, Shekelle PG, Dy SM, McDonald KM, Hempel S, Pronovost P, Rubenstein L, Taylor SL,
Foy R, Wachter RM. (2011). How does context affect interventions to improve patient safety?
An assessment of evidence from studies of five patient safety practices and proposals for
research. BMJ Qual Saf., 20 (7), 604-10.
Foy R, Ovretveit J, Shekelle P, Pronovost P, Taylor S, Dy S, Hempel S, McDonald K, Rubenstein L &
Wachter R (2011). The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation
of patient safety practices BMJ Qual Saf., 20 (5), 453-9.
Shane AL, Cabana MD, Vidry S, Merenstein D, Hummelen R, Ellis CL Heimbach JT, Hempel S,
Lynch SV, Sanders ME, Tancredi DJ (2010). Guide to Designing, Conducting, Publishing,
and Communicating Results of Clinical Studies Involving Probiotic Applications in Human
Participants. Gut Microbes, 1(4).
Danz M, Rubenstein L, Hempel S, Foy R, Farmer M & Shekelle P (2010). Identifying quality
improvement intervention evaluations – is consensus achievable? Quality and Safety in Health
Care, 19(4),:279-83.
Foy R, Hempel S, Rubenstein L, Suttorp M, Shanman R, Seelig M & Shekelle P (2010). Metaanalysis: effect of interactive communication between collaborating primary care physicians
and specialists. Annals of Internal Medicine 152(4), 247-58.
Rubenstein LV, Hempel S, Farmer M, Asch S, Yano E, Dougherty D & Shekelle P (2008). Finding
order in heterogeneity: Types of quality improvement intervention publications. Quality and
Safety in Healthcare,17(6), 403-8.
Hempel S, Norman G, Aguiar-Ibanez R, Golder S & Eastwood E (2008). Psychosocial interventions
for carers of people with Parkinson’s Disease: A systematic scoping review. Journal of
Advanced Nursing, 63(3), 214-28.
Hempel S, Chambers D, Bagnall AM & Forbes C (2008). Risk factors for chronic fatigue syndrome /
myalgic encephalomyelitis: A systematic scoping review of multiple predictor studies.
Psychological Medicine, (38:7), 915-926.
Chambers D, Bagnall AM, Hempel S & Forbes C (2006). Interventions for the treatment, management
and rehabilitation of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
(CFS/ME): an updated systematic review. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 99, 506520.
Rodgers M, Hempel S, Aho T, Kelly J, Kleijnen J, Westwood M (2006). Diagnostic tests used in the
investigation of adult haematuria: a systematic review. British Journal of Urology
International, 98, 1154-1160.
Eichler K, Hempel S, Wilby J, Myers L, Bachmann L & Kleijnen J (2006). Diagnostic value of
systematic biopsy methods in the investigation for prostate cancer: A systematic review.
Journal of Urology, 175, 1605-16.
Gilbert P, Clarke M, Hempel S, Miles JNV & Irons C (2004). Criticizing and reassuring oneself: An
exploration of forms, styles and reasons in female students. British Journal of Clinical
Psychology, 43, 31-50.
Wolfradt U, Hempel S & Miles JNV (2003): Perceived parenting styles, depersonalisation, anxiety,
and coping behavior in normal adolescents. Personality and Individual Differences, 34, 521532.
Riemann R, Grubich C, Hempel S, Mergl S & Richter M (1993): Personality and attitudes towards
current political topics. Personality and Individual Differences, 15, 313-321.
Project Reports
Reports prepared for the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic
Injury:
Newberry S, Hempel S, Booth M, Ewing B, Maher A, O’Hanlon C, Sloan J, Vaughan C, Dudley
W, Shanman R, Sorbero M (2015). Omega-3 Fatty Acids for Major Depressive Disorder: A
Systematic
Review.
Santa
Monica,
CA:
RAND
Corporation,
2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1079.
Maher A, Hempel S, Apaydin E, Shanman R, Booth M, Miles J, Sorbero M (2015). St. John’s
Wort for Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
Corporation, 2015. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1048.
Grant S, Hempel S, Kandrack R, Motala A, Shanman R, Booth M, Miles J, Dudley W, Smith P,
Sorbero M (2015). Needle Acupuncture for Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Review.
Santa
Monica,
CA:
RAND
Corporation,
2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1030.
Grant S, Hempel S, Colaiaco B, Motala A, Shanman R, Booth M, Dudley W, Smith P, Sorbero
M (2015). Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for Substance Use Disorders: A
Systematic
Review.
Santa
Monica,
CA:
RAND
Corporation,
2015.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1031.
Reports prepared for VA Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP)
Hempel S, Maggard Gibbons M, Ulloa JG, Macqueen I, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J, Shekelle P
(2015). Rural Healthcare Workforce: A Systematic Review. VA ESP Project #05-226; 2015.
Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2014 Oct. VA Evidence-based Synthesis
Program Reports.
Hempel S, Fu, N, Estrada E, Chen A, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J, Miles JNV, Shanman R, Shekelle P
(2015). Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis Progression: A Systematic Review. VA ESP
Project #05-226; 2015. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2014 Oct. VA
Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports.
Hempel S, Taylor SL, Marshall NJ, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes J, Shanman R, Solloway MR,
Shekelle PG (2014). Evidence Map of Mindfulness. VA-ESP Project #05-226; 2014.
Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2014 Oct. VA Evidence-based Synthesis
Program Reports.
Hempel S, Taylor SL, Solloway M, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Shekelle PG. (2014)
Evidence Map of Tai Chi. VA-ESP Project #05-226; 2014. Washington (DC): Department of
Veterans Affairs; 2014 Sep. VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports.
Hempel S, Taylor SL, Solloway MR, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Booth MJ, Siroka
AM, Shekelle PG. (2014). Evidence Map of Acupuncture. VA-ESP Project #05-226; 2014.
Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; 2014 Jan. VA Evidence-based Synthesis
Program Reports.
Hempel S, Maggard M, Nguyen D, Dawes A, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Booth MJ,
Shekelle PG. (2014). Prevention of Wrong Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and
Surgical Fires: A Systematic Review. VA-ESP Project #05-226; 2013. Washington (DC):
Department of Veterans Affairs; 2014 Jan. VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports.
Reports prepared for AHRQ EPC program
Maglione MA, Gidengil C, Das L, Raaen L, Smith A, Chari R, Newberry S, Hempel S, Shanman
R, Perry T, Goetz MB. Safety of Vaccines Used for Routine Immunization in the United
States. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 215. (Prepared by the Southern
California Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I.) AHRQ
Publication No. 14-E002-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;
July 2014. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
Newberry SJ, Ahmadzai N, Motala A, Tsertsvadze A, Maglione M, Ansari MT, Hempel S,
Tsouros S, Schneider Chafen J, Shanman R, Skidmore B, Moher D, Shekelle PG. (2013).
Surveillance and Identification of Signals for Updating Systematic Review: Implementation
and Early Experience. Methods Research Report (Prepared by the RAND Corporation,
Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I
and University of Ottawa Evidence-based Practice Center 290-2007-10059-I). AHRQ
Publication No. 13-EHC088-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality; June 2013. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
Shekelle, PG. Motala, A, Newberry, SJ, Hempel, S, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Shanman, R,
Surveillance Assessment on CER 9: Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary
Artery Bypass Grafting for Coronary Artery Disease (CER 9). (Prepared by Southern
California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville,
MD:
Agency
for
Healthcare
Research
and
Quality.
May
2013
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/15/1558/CAD-PCI-bypass-surveillance130625.pdf
Shekelle, PG. Motala, A, Newberry, SJ, Hempel, S, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Shanman, R,
Surveillance Assessment on CER 42: Adjunctive Devices for Patients With Acute Coronary
Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CER 51). (Prepared by Southern
California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville,
MD:
Agency
for
Healthcare
Research
and
Quality.
May
2013
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/162/1557/ACS-PCI-adjunctive-devicessurveillance-130625.pdf
Newberry, SJ, Motala, A, Hempel, S, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 59: Screening for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness
(CER 59). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract
No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May
2013
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/182/1596/glaucoma-screeningsurveillance.pdf
Newberry, SJ, Motala, A, Hempel, S, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 60: Treatment for Glaucoma: Comparative Effectiveness
(CER 60). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract
No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. May
2013
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/183/1556/glaucoma-treatmentsurveillance-130625.pdf
Maglione, M, Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 55: Drug Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Adults:An
Update (CER 55). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under
Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. May 2013 http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/203/1525/RheumatoidArthritis-Surveillance-130607.pdf
Newberry, SJ, Hempel, S, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 51: Dietary Supplements in Adults Taking Cardiovascular
Drugs (CER 51). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under
Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. April 2013 http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/223/1584/dietarysupplements-surveillance-130703.pdf
Maglione, M, Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 50: Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and CyclicCitrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (CER 50).
(Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract No. 2902007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2013
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/166/1583/musculoskeletal-complaintstests-children-surveillance-130703.pdf
Maglione, M, Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 54: Drug Therapy for Psoriatic Arthritis in Adults: Update
of a 2007 Report (CER 54). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center
under Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. March 2013 http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/464/1572/arthritispsoriatic-surveillance-130701.pdf
Maglione, M, Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 50: Antinuclear Antibody, Rheumatoid Factor, and CyclicCitrullinated Peptide Tests for Evaluating Musculoskeletal Complaints in Children (CER 50).
(Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under Contract No. 2902007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2013
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/166/1583/musculoskeletal-complaintstests-children-surveillance-130703.pdf
Hempel, S., Shetty, K. D., Shekelle, P.G., Rubenstein, L.V., Danz, M.S., Johnsen, B., Dalal, S.R.
(2012). Machine Learning Methods in Systematic Reviews: Identifying Quality Improvement
Intervention Evaluations. Research White Paper (Prepared by the Southern California
Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I). AHRQ Publication
No. 12-EHC125-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September
2012. www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/reports/final.cfm.
Dalal, S. R., Shekelle, P. G., Hempel, S., Newberry, S. J., Motala, A., Shetty, K. D. (2012). A
Pilot Study Using Machine Learning and Domain Knowledge To Facilitate Comparative
Effectiveness Review Updating. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (US); 2012 Sep.
Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Motala, A, Shanman, R, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 41: Noncyclic Chronic Pelvic Pain Therapies for Women:
Comparative Effectiveness (CER 41). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based
Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare
Research
and
Quality.
October
2012
http://www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/195/1569/pelvic-pain-surveillance130703.pdf
Hempel, S, Newberry, SJ, Chafen, JJ, Maglione, M, Motala, A, Larkin, J, Shekelle, PG.
Surveillance Assessment on CER 32: Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in
Adults (CER 32). (Prepared by Southern California Evidence Based Practice Center under
Contract No. 290-2007-10062I.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality. July 2012 http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/ehc/products/117/683/sleep-apneasurveillance-July-2012-130502.pdf
Hartling, L., Hamm, M., Milne, A., Vandermeer, B., Santaguida, P.L., Ansari, M., Tsertsvadze,
A., Hempel, S., Shekelle, P., Dryden, D.M. (2012). Validity and inter-rater reliability testing
of quality assessment instruments. (Prepared by the University of Alberta Evidence-based
Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10021-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC039EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2012.
Hempel, S., Miles, J., Suttorp, M., Wang, Z., Johnsen, B., Morton, S., Perry, T., Valentine, D.,
Shekelle, P. (2012) Detection of Associations between Trial Quality and Effect Sizes.
Methods Research Report. Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice
Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC010-EF.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Hempel S, Suttorp MJ, Miles JNV, Wang Z, Maglione M, Morton S, Johnsen B, Valentine D,
Shekelle PG. Empirical Evidence of Associations Between Trial Quality and Effect Sizes.
Methods Research Report. (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice
Center under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I). AHRQ Publication No. 11-EHC045-EF.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011. Available at:
http://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov.
Hempel S, Newberry S, Ruelaz A, Wang Z, Miles JNV, Suttorp MJ, Johnsen B, Shanman R,
Slusser W, Fu N, Smith A, Roth E, Polak J, Motala A, Perry T, Shekelle PG. Safety of
Probiotics to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease. Evidence Report/Technology
Assessment No. 200. (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center
under Contract No. 290-2007-10062-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 11-E007. Rockville, MD:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2011. Available at:
www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/probiotictp.htm.
Reports prepared for other AHRQ programs:
Hempel, S., Newberry, S., Wang, Z., Shekelle, P., Shanman, R., Johnsen, B., Perry, T., Saliba,
D., Ganz, D. (2012). Review of the evidence on falls prevention in hospitals. RAND Working
Paper WR907.
Rubenstein, L. Hempel, S., Danz, M., Foy, R., & Shekelle, P. Final Progress Report Expert Panel
Meeting Advancing the Science of Continuous Quality Improvement. Grant Award Number:
1R13HS018139-01. Prepared for AHRQ, May 2011.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, Taylor SL, Dy S, Foy R, Hempel S, McDonald, K,
Ovretveit J, Rubenstein L, & the PSP Technical Expert Panel. Assessing the Evidence for
Context-Sensitive Effectiveness and Safety of Patient Safety Practices: Developing Criteria
(Prepared under Contract No. HHSA-290-2009-10001C.) Rockville, MD: Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality. Jan 2010.
Reports prepared for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS)
Hempel, S., Ganz, D., Clifford, M., Newberry, S., Lim, Y.W., Larkin, J., Shanman, R.,
Wertheimer, S., Wenger, N., Roth, C., & Shekelle, P. Review of the Current Literature on
Outcome Measures Applicable to the Medicare Population for Use in a Quality Improvement
Program. RAND Working Paper WR-806-CMS; 2011
Reports for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF):
Rubenstein, L., Danz, M., Hempel, S., O’Neil, S. & Shekelle, P.G. (2011). Defining continuous
quality improvement (CQI) for health care delivery. Final project report. May 2011.
Rubenstein, L., Danz, M., Hempel, S., Foy, R. & Shekelle, P.G. (2010). Advancing the science of
continuous quality improvement: A framework for identifying, classifying and evaluating
continuous quality improvement studies. Final project report. June 2010.
Reports for the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) of the United Kingdom:
Hempel, S., Norman, G., Golder, S., Aguiar-Ibanez, R. & Eastwood, E. (2007). Report Psychosocial interventions for non-professional carers of people with Parkinson’s Disease: A
scoping review. Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK.
Parkinson’s Disease Society (2007). Assessment of support for carers of people with Parkinson’s.
Progress, 2, 15.
Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report:
Rodgers, M., Nixon, J., Hempel, S., Aho, T., Kelly, J., Neal, D., Duffy, S., Ritchie, G., Kleijnen,
J. & Westwood, M. (2006). Diagnostic tests and algorithms used in the investigation of
haematuria: systematic reviews and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment,
10(18), iii-iv, xi-259.
Report for the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety:
Fylan, F. & Hempel, S. (2006). Does the For My Girlfriend crash reconstruction affect safe road
user behaviour. Brainbox Research, Leeds, UK.
Reports submitted to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and CRD short report:
Bagnall, A.-M., Hempel, S., Chambers, D., Orton, V. & Forbes, C. (2005). Evidence to support
the NICE guideline group on the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome
(CFS) / myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in adults and children. Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination, University of York, UK.
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (2006). The treatment and management of Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in adults and children. Report 35, Centre for
Reviews
and
Dissemination,
University
of
York,
UK.
(http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/CRD_Reports/crdreport35.pdf)
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (2006). Effective treatments for CFS/ME. A systematic
review of interventions used to treat, manage and rehabilitate people with CFS/ME. Short
Report, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK.
(www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/report33summ.pdf)
Reports provided for the UK Department of Transport (Contract Number PPAD 9/031/133):
Fylan, F., Hempel, S. (2005). Effective interventions for speeding motorists - Review 1: The
speeding driver: are there different sub-groups? Brainbox Research, Leeds, UK.
Fylan, F., Hempel, S., Grunfeld, A.E. (2005). Effective interventions for speeding motorists Review 2: Interventions to change speeding behaviour. Brainbox Research, Leeds, UK.
Fylan, F., Grunfeld, E.A., Hempel, S. (2005). Effective interventions for speeding motorists Review 3: Interventions to change health behaviours. Brainbox Research, Leeds, UK.
Fylan, F., Connor, M., Hempel, S., Lawton, R. & Grunfeld, E.A. (2005). Effective interventions
for speeding motorists - Final report. Brainbox Research and University of Leeds, UK.
CRD Report 29 and Short Report (commissioned by the National Cancer Screening Programmes UK):
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (2005). Diagnostic value of systematic prostate biopsy
methods in the investigation for prostate cancer: a systematic review. Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination, University of York, UK (www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crdpublications.htm)
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (2005). Prostate Cancer Biopsy Schemes. A systematic
review of prostate cancer biopsy schemes. Short Report, Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination, University of York, UK. (www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/report29summ.pdf)
Book Chapters, Published Conference Contributions, and other Publications
Rubenstein L, Hempel S, Liu J, Danz M, Foy R, Lim YW, Motala A, Shekelle P. (2015). The
Minimum Quality Criteria Set (QI-MQCS) for Critical Appraisal: Advancing the Science of
Quality Improvement. Implementation Science, suppl. 1, Aug. 2015, p. A19
Taylor S, Hempel S, Solloway M, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J, Shekelle P (2014). An evidence map of the
effects of acupuncture. J Altern Complement Med, 20(5): A91-2.
Hempel, S., Miles, J., Shekelle, P. (2012). Probiotics for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea—Reply.
JAMA, 308(7), 665-666.
Hempel, S. (2007). Average; Median; Mode. In: N.J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Measurement and
Statistics. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Fylan, F., Hempel, S., Grunfeld, A.E., Connor, M., Lawton, R. (2006). Evidence-based behavioural
change for speeding drivers. In: Behavioural research in road safety 2006: 16th Seminar.
London: Department of Transport.
Hempel, S. (2005). Reliability. In: J. Miles & P. Gilbert (Eds.), A handbook of research methods for
clinical & health psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 193-204.
Miles, J.N.V. & Hempel, S. (2005). The presentation of statistics in clinical and health psychology
research. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society,13, 185.
Hempel, S. (2005). Validity; Content validity; Criterion validity; Ecological validity. In.: G. Davey
(Ed.), Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Psychology, Statistic section (Section Ed: A. Field).
London: Hodder Arnold. 421
Rodgers, M., Hempel, S., Aho, T., Kelly, J., Kleijnen, J., Westwood M. (2005). To determine the most
effective strategy for investigation of adult haematuria. Italian Journal of Public Health, 2,
277.
Nixon, J., Westwood, M., Rodgers, M., Hempel, S., Kleijnen, J., Aho, T. & Kelly, J. (2005): The costeffectiveness of diagnostic strategies to detect haematuria and its underlying causes. Italian
Journal of Public Health, 2, 170.
Miles, J.N.V. & Hempel, S. (2004). The Eysenck Personality Scales: The Eysenck Personality
Questionnaire – Revised (EPQ-R) and the Eysenck Personality Profiler (EPP). In: M. Hersen
(Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment (CHOPA), Volume 2:
Personality and psychopathology assessment (D.L. Segal Ed.). Hobokin, N.J.: Wiley & Sons.
Hempel, S., Leek, J. & Miles, J.N.V. (2004). Can personality predict remorse in prisoners?
Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 12(2), 172.
Hempel, S. & Wolfradt, U. (2003). Personal experience reports of adolescents as a source for mood
and personality assessment. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 11, 272.
Hempel, S., Miles, J.N.V., Borkenau, P., Spinath, F.M. & Angleitner, A. (2002): New methods - New
results? Behaviour genetics and the Big Five in a combined twin and family study.
Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 10(2), 72.
Miles, J.N.V. & Hempel, S. (2001): The use of the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) in
psychological measurement research. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 9,
22.
Wolfradt, U. & Hempel, S. (2000): Gewaltbereitschaft bei deutschen und mongolischen Jugendlichen
- Theoretische und methodische Aspekte im interkulturellen Kontext [Violence preparedness
among German and Mongolian adolescents - Theoretical and methodological aspects in the
intercultural context]. In: G. Foljanty-Jost (Ed.), Jugendgewalt im interkulturellen Vergleich.
Berlin: Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin.
Spinath, F., Riemann, R., Hempel, S., Schlangen, B., Weiß, R., Borkenau, P., & Angleitner, A. (1999):
A day in the life: Description of the German Observational Study of Adult Twins (GOSAT)
assessing twin similarity in controlled laboratory settings. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. de
Fruyt & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality Psychology in Europe (Vol.7). Tilburg: Tilburg
University Press.
Hempel, S., Angleitner, A., Spinath, F. & Borkenau, P. (1998): Verhaltensgenetische Analyse einer
Familienstudie im Rahmen einer Zwillingsstudie [Behaviour genetic analysis of a combined
twin and family study]. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 19, 25.
Conference and Meeting Presentations
Hempel S & Newberry S. The Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center at RAND. Briefing
to the RAND Board of Advisors. February 4, 2016, Santa Monica, CA.
Colquhoun H, Bragge P, Albrecht L, Dadich A, Hempel S, Leeman J, Lokker C, Mazza D, Grimshaw
J, and the Terminology Working Group. AIMD: A simplified framework of dissemination and
implementation interventions. Poster presentation. 8th Annual Conference on the Science of
Dissemination and Implementation, December 14-15, 2015, Washington, DC.
Hempel S & O’Hanlon C. Results of a Rapid Review on Toolkit Spread. Invited presentation for the
VA Center of Innovation Workshops & Educational Series. November 16, 2015. [recorded
web meeting]
Hempel S for the Rapid Review Workgroup. Rapid Reviews: Workgroup Report Out. Oral
presentation at the 2015 AHRQ EPC V Annual Directors’ Meeting. September 24-25, 2015,
Rockville, MD.
Bragge P, Colquhoun H, Albrecht L, Dadich A, Hempel S, Leeman J, Lokker C, Mazza D, Grimshaw
J, and the Terminology Working Group. AIMD: A simplified Framework of Knowledge
Translation Interventions. Oral presentation at the 7th International Shared Decision Making
(ISDM) Conference, 4th International Society for Evidence-Based Health Care (ISEHC)
Conference. July 21, 2015, Sydney, Australia.
Hempel S & Sorbero M. Interim Briefing Systematic Review Progress: Evaluation of Efficacy and
Comparative Effectiveness of Integrative Medicine Approaches to the Prevention and
Treatment of Psychological Health Conditions and Traumatic Brain Injury in the Department
of Defense. Briefing to CAPT Richard Stoltz, Dr. Michael Freed, Mr. Yonatan Tyberg, Dr.
Marina Khusid, and interested DCoE staff, June 29, 2015.
Marshall N, Hempel S, Taylor S, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J, Solloway M, Shekelle P. An Evidence Map
of Mindfulness to Support Patient Centered Care. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
(ARM), June 14-16, 2015, Minneapolis, MN.
Hempel S for the Los Angeles ESP center. Evidence Map of Mindfulness. Invited presentation for the
national VA Program Office Partnership Community of Practice Call. February 11, 2015.
[recorded web meeting]
Hempel S for the Los Angeles ESP center. Evidence Map of Mindfulness. Invited presentation for the
national VA Patient Centered Care Community of Practice Conference Call. January 27, 2015.
[recorded web meeting]
Rubenstein L, Hempel S, Liu J, Danz M, Foy R, Lim YW, Motala A, Shekelle P. The Minimum
Quality Criteria Set (MQCS) for Critical Appraisal: Advancing the Science of Quality
Improvement. VA Cyber Seminar, QI (QUERI Implementation Seminar) series. January 8,
2015. [recorded web meeting]
Hempel S for the Los Angeles ESP center. Evidence Map of Mindfulness. Invited presentation for the
national VA Integrative Health Conference Call. January 8, 2015. [recorded web meeting]
Rubenstein L, Hempel S, Liu J, Danz M, Foy R, Lim YW, Motala A, Shekelle P. The Minimum
Quality Criteria Set (MQCS) for Critical Appraisal: Advancing the Science of Quality
Improvement. Oral presentation, 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and
Implementation, December 8-9, 2014, Bethesda, MD.
Hempel S. Alternative Formats for Presenting Non-Pooled Summary Data. Oral presentation at the
2014 AHRQ EPC V Annual Directors’ Meeting. November 21-22, 2014, Rockville, MD.
Hempel S for the Los Angeles ESP center. Evidence Map of Tai Chi. Invited presentation for the
national VA Integrative Health Conference Call. November 13, 2014. [recorded web meeting]
Hempel S, Taylor SL, Solloway M, Miake-Lye I M, Beroes J M, Shanman R, Shekelle PG. Evidence
Map of Tai Chi. Invited presentation for the national VA Center of Innovation Conference
Call. October 17, 2014. [recorded web meeting]
Miake-Lye I, Hempel S, Maggard Gibbons M, Nguyen D, Dawes A, Beroes J, Shanman R, Shekelle
P. Surgical Never Events: A Systematic Review of Wrong Site Surgery, Retained Surgical
Items, and Surgical Fires. Poster Session C, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June
10, 2014, Miami, FL.
Hempel S, Maggard MA, Nguyen D, Dawes AJ, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Shekelle
PG. Prevention of Wrong Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires: A
Systematic Review. Invited presentation for the VA National Center for Patient Safety and
VHA Patient Safety Officers and Managers. June 3, 2014. [web meeting]
Hempel S, Maggard MA, Nguyen D, Dawes AJ, Miake-Lye IM, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Shekelle
PG. Prevention of Wrong Site Surgery, Retained Surgical Items, and Surgical Fires: A
Systematic Review. Invited presentation for the VA cyber seminar Spotlight on Evidencebased Synthesis Program series. April 9, 2014. [web meeting]
Hempel S, Taylor SL, Solloway M, Miake-Lye I M, Beroes JM, Shanman R, Booth MJ, Siroka AM,
Shekelle PG. Evidence Map of Acupuncture. Invited presentation for the VA Integrative
Health Community of Practice Conference Call. February 13, 2014. [web meeting]
Hempel S & Ganz D: Clinical-Research Partnerships: Findings from a Rapid Literature Review.
Invited presentation for the VA HSR&D Center of Innovation Works in Progress (WIPS)
Series. December 5, 2013, Los Angeles, CA.
Hempel S, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J & Shekelle P: Acupuncture Evidence Map – Methodological
Challenges. Invited presentation for the Quarterly ESP Principal Investigator Call. Department
of Veterans Affairs Evidence Synthesis Program. November 7, 2013. [web meeting]
Hempel S, Miake-Lye I, Beroes J & Shekelle P: ESP Evidence Maps. Invited presentation for the ESP
Steering Committee. Department of Veterans Affairs Evidence Synthesis Program. October 1,
2013. [web meeting]
Hempel S, Das L, Shanman R, Perry T, & Ganz D: Rapid Review Clinical Research Partnerships.
Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) evaluation
meeting. January 25 2013, Santa Monica, CA.
Hempel S, Danz M, Shekelle P & Rubenstein L: Evidence Review for Quality Improvement (ERQI).
Invited presentation at a Knowledge Translation Terminology Meeting, Knowledge
Translation Canada / Applications des Connaissances Canada. 20th - 21st September 2012,
Ottawa, Canada.
Hempel S, Khodyakov D, O/Neil S, Salem-Schatz S, Danz M, Foy R, Shekelle P & Rubenstein L:
Defining Continuous Quality Improvement. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
(ARM). June 24-26, 2012; Orlando, FL.
Rubenstein L, Danz M, Hempel S, Lim YW, Shanman R, Stockdale S, Shekelle P: Responsive
Innovation Evidence Reviews to Support Quality Improvement Initiatives. Academy Health
Annual Research Meeting (ARM). June 24-26, 2012; Orlando, FL.
Lim YW, Hempel S, Danz M, Shanman R, Shekelle P, & Rubenstein L: Rapid evidence review to
support innovations in primary care. Invited presentation at the 4th International Primary
Health Care Reform Conference. March 6-7 2012, Brisbane, Australia.
Hempel S, Danz M, Lim YW, Shanman R, Shekelle P, Stockdale S, & Rubenstein L: Evidence Review
Workgroup. Invited poster presented at the VAIL Collaborative. 1st February 2012, San Diego,
CA.
Hempel S: Safety of Probiotics Used to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease. Invited
presentation for the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA). 1 st November 2011,
CHPA, Washington, DC.
Hempel S: Probiotics Used to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease. Invited presentation for the
NIH’s Prebiotic and Probiotic Working Group (PPWG), and participants from FDA, USDA,
and DoD. 24th June 2011, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda.
Soban L, Hempel S, Rubenstein LV: Hospital-Based Nurse-Focused Interventions for Pressure Ulcer
Prevention: A Systematic Review. Oral presentation at the University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics 17th National Evidenced-Based Practice Conference, April 23, 2010, Iowa.
Hempel S: Safety of Probiotics: Parameters for designing, publishing and communicating human
studies on probiotics. Invited presentation at the International Scientific Association of
Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) 4th November 2009, National Academy of Sciences
Beckman Center, Irvine, CA.
Hempel S on behalf of the Southern California EPC and RTI-UNC EPC: Assessing the Empirical
Evidence of Associations between Internal Validity and Effect Sizes in Randomized Controlled
Trials. Poster presented at the Annual EPC Meeting 23rd-24th March 2009, Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
Rubenstein L, Hempel S, Shekelle P, Foy R & Ogrinc G: Identifying, Classifying and Evaluating CQI
Literature: A Framework. Presentation at a meeting for grant holders in Advances in
Continuous Quality Improvement at the Robert Wood Johnsen Foundation. 30th October,
2008, RWJF, Princeton, NJ.
Hempel S & Miles J: Personality and Temperament: Behaviour genetic analyses in a combined twin
and family study. Presentation for the workshop Genetic and neurobiological issues in the
study of child development and well-being. 16th June 2006, Centre for the Study of Child
Development and Well-Being, University of York, UK.
Fylan F, Hempel S, Grunfeld AE, Connor M, Lawton R: Evidence-based behavioural change for
speeding drivers. Invited talk at a Behavioural Study Seminar, organized by the Department of
Transport, Cardiff, 3rd-5th April, UK.
Hempel S, Bagnall AM, Chambers D & Forbes C: Interventions for the treatment, management and
rehabilitation of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
(CFS/ME): Results of a systematic review. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of The
British Psychological Society, 30th March - 1stApril, 2006, Cardiff, UK.
Hempel S.: Intermediate results and multiple thresholds in diagnostic accuracy data. Presented at the
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Journal Club Colloquium, 14th February 2006,
University of York, UK.
Hempel S, Bagnall AM, Chambers D, Orton V & Forbes C: Information needs and support needs.
Evidence to inform the NICE Guideline: The diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue
syndrome (CFS) / myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) in adults and children. 6th September,
2005, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, London, UK.
Hempel S & Myers L: Hand searching: New priorities? Presented at the Centre for Reviews and
Dissemination journal club colloquium, 8th March, 2005, University of York, UK.
Eichler K, Wilby J, Hempel S, Myers L & Kleijnen J: Diagnostic value of various prostate biopsy
methods in the investigation for prostate cancer - A systematic review. Paper presented at the
Transrectal Ultrasound and Prostate Biopsy Workshop. Organized by the Prostate testing for
cancer and treatment (ProtecT) study in collaboration with the NHS Prostate Cancer Risk
Management Group, 29 th September 2004, Sheffield, UK.
Hempel S: What do personal experience reports of adolescents tell us about them? Paper presented
within the Psychology Research Seminar Series, Centre for Psychological Research in Health
and Cognition, 5th March 2003, University of Derby, UK.
Hempel S.: Being a twin: Implications for personality resemblance. Paper presented at the School of
Health and Community Studies research day, 16th January, 2002, University of Derby, UK.
Hempel S.: Sources of individual differences in temperament and personality traits: Combination of a
twin and family study. Paper presented within the Psychology Research Seminar Series,
Institute of Behavioural Sciences, 17 th October 2001, University of Derby, UK.
Hempel S, Borkenau P & Angleitner A: Twins; subjective experience of the twin situation and
implications for personality resemblance. Presented at the Xth Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of individual Differences, 7th-10th July, 2001, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Hempel S: Subjektives Erleben der Zwillingssituation und Ähnlichkeiten in Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen
[Subjective experience of twinning and similarity in personality traits]. Paper presented at the
42nd Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie. 24th-28th September, 2000, Jena,
Germany.
Hempel S, Miles JNV, Borkenau P, Riemann R & Angleitner A: Sources of individual differences in
temperament and personality traits: Combination of a twin and family study. Paper presented
at the 10th European Conference on Personality, 16th-20th July, 2000, Cracow, Poland.
Hempel S: Modellfitting Analysen von Zwillings- und Familiendaten [Statistical Modelling using twin
and family data]. Contribution to the Colloquium of the Individual Differences, Personality
Psychology and Diagnostics department, 11th July, 2000, Martin-Luther-University HalleWittenberg, Germany.
Hempel S: Combination of a twin and family study. Contribution to the 5th EAPP, ISSID and EAPA
summer school on Behavioural Genetic Analysis of Personality Structure and Development,
19th-25th September, 1999, Ghent, Belgium.
Hempel S, Borkenau P & Angleitner A: Quellen individueller Unterschiede: Eine kombinierte
Zwillings- und Familienstudie [Sources of individual differences: A combined twin and family
study]. Paper presented at the 5th Arbeitstagung Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, October, 7th-8th 1999, Wuppertal, Germany.
Hempel S: Verhaltensgenetische Untersuchungen [Behaviour Genetic Designs]. Contribution to the
Colloquium of the Individual Differences, Personality Psychology and Diagnostics,
department, June, 14th 1999, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Hempel S: Ergebnisse der Studie zum Zwillingserleben: Daten aus Interviews [Results of the twin
experience study: Interview data]. Contribution to the meeting of 300 twin pairs participating
in GOSAT, 3rd October, 1998, Bielefeld, Germany.
Hempel S, Angleitner A, Spinath F & Borkenau P: Quellen individueller Unterschiede: Ergebnisse
einer Familienstudie kombiniert mit einer Zwillingsstudie [Sources of individual differences:
Results of a family study combined with a twin study]. Paper presented at the 41st Kongreß der
Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie 27th September to 1st October, 1998, Dresden,
Germany.
Spinath F, Hempel S, Schlangen B, Weiss R, Riemann R, Borkenau P & Angleitner A: Ein
Tagesablauf: Beschreibung der Deutschen Beobachtungsstudie an erwachsenen Zwillingen.
[A day in the life: First report of the German Observational Study on Adult Twins]. Paper
presented at the 4th Arbeitstagung Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und
Psychologische Diagnostik, 30th October to 1st November, 1997, Bamberg, Germany.
Hempel S: Verhaltensgenetische Analysen im Bereich von Temperaments- und
Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen: Ausweitung einer klassischen Zwillingsstudie. [Behavior Genetics
on Temperament and Personality: Extension of a classical twin approach]. Contribution to the
Institutskolloquium of the Psychological Institute, 17th June, 1997, Martin-Luther-University
Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
Spinath FM, Hempel S, Schlangen B, Weiß R, Riemann R, Borkenau P & Angleitner A: A day in the
life: First report of the German Twin Project assessing twin similarity in controlled
laboratory settings. Contribution to the 8th European Conference on Personality, 8th-12th July,
1996, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Hempel S: Quellen individueller Unterschiede im Temperament von Kindern. [Sources of individual
differences in child temperament]. Paper presented at the 3rd Meeting of the Arbeitstagung
Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, 16 th18th November, 1995, Trier, Germany.
Angleitner A, Riemann R, Spinath FM, Hempel S, Thiel W. & Strelau J: The Bielefeld - Warsaw
Twin-Project. First Report on the Bielefeld Samples prepared for the Workshop on Genetic
Studies on Temperament and Personality, 20th-22nd July, 1995, Potulsk, Poland.
Hempel S: Results of a German Twin Study based on the DOTS-R, twins aged 7-14. Presented at the
VIIth Meeting of the International Society for the Study of individual Differences, 15 th-19th
July, 1995, Warsaw, Poland.
Spinath FM & Hempel S: Results of a twin study on temperament dimensions - new methodological
approaches of a questionnaire data set. Paper presented at the Heymans Instituut, 3rd March,
1995, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Hempel S: Ergebnisse einer Zwillingsstudie zum Temperament von Kindern. [Results of a twin study
on child temperament.] Paper presented at the Workshop on Current Personality Research,
Department of Personality and Individual Differences, 9th January, 1995, University of
Bielefeld, Germany.
Other Professional Activities
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Organizing committee Meeting Knowledge Translation Canada / Applications des Connaissances
Canada. September 2012, February 2015, Ottawa, Canada.
Section Editor for PLoS ONE since 12/2013
Academic Editor and methodological reviewer for the PLoS ONE since 1/2008
Editorial Board member Implementation Science since 4/2012
Associate Editor for the Systematic Reviews since 6/2011
Methodological Reviewer for the Cochrane Wounds Group since 11/2004
Grant proposal reviews for the Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom since 5/2007
Peer reviews for multiple journals, including: BMC Health Services Research; BMC
Gastroenterology; Chronic Illness, Disability and Health Journal; Implementation Science; Indian
Journal of Medical Research; Journal of Psychosomatic Research; PLoS One; Psychosomatic
Medicine; Quality of Life Research; Systematic Reviews; Worldviews on Evidence-Based
Nursing; and MeReC Briefings published by the National Prescribing Centre, NHS, UK
Reviews of books and book proposals for: Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Open University Press,
Palgrave, and Psychology Press
Teaching Experiences
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Graduate teaching
● Systematic Reviews (fall term 2011, 2014, Pardee RAND Graduate School, USA)
● Literature Review (summer 2012-2015 syllabus, UCLA Clinical Scholars Program, USA)
● Research Design and Statistical Applications (psychometrics and factor analysis, spring term
2006, MSc Applied Forensic Psychology, University of York, UK)
● Quantitative Methods in Health Psychology (psychometrics, spring term 2003, 2005, 2006,
MSc Health Psychology, University of Derby, UK)
● Research Methods (analyzing descriptive variables in SPSS, autumn term 2003, Health MSc,
University of York, UK)
● Diagnostics and Counselling (Practical course, summer term 1999, 2000, Diagnostics Unit,
University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
● Assessing Children's Temperament (Seminar, winter term 1996, Diagnostics Unit, University
of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Undergraduate teaching
● Personality and Psychometrics: Joint module leader (summer term 2006, Psychology,
University of York, UK).
● Measurement in Health and Personality: Module leader (autumn term 2004, Health Sciences,
University of York, UK).
● Personality Theory and Testing: Module leader (spring term 2001; 2002; 2003, Psychology,
University of Derby, UK).
● Introduction to Psychology (personality and individual differences, winter term 2000/2001;
2001/2002; 2002/2003, Psychology, University of Derby, UK).
● Research Methods (psychometrics and questionnaire design (spring term 2001; 2002, 2003,
University of Derby, UK).
● Critical Aspects of Psychotherapy (systemic therapy, spring term 2002, University of Derby,
UK)
● Introduction to Counselling (systemic therapy, spring term 2001, University of Derby, UK).
● Developmental Psychology (Behaviour Genetics, spring term 2001; 2002, University of
Derby, UK).
● Social Work (systemic therapy, winter term 2001/2002, Applied Social and Community
Studies, University of Derby, UK)
● Applied Social Psychology (organisational psychology and law, winter term 2001/2002,
Psychology, University of Derby, UK)
● Independent Studies Supervision (winter/spring term 2001/2002, Psychology, University of
Derby, UK)
● Personality Theories (Seminar, winter term 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, Individual Differences
and Personality Psychology Unit, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
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Behaviour Genetics (Seminar, winter term 1997, 1998, summer term 1999, 2000, Individual
Differences and Personality Psychology Unit, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Temperament Theories (Seminar, summer term 1999, Individual Differences and Personality
Psychology Unit, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Test Theory und Scale Construction (Seminar / Lecture, winter term 1999, Methodology Unit,
University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Empirical research on individual differences (Practical course, summer term 1997, 1998,
Individual Differences and Personality Psychology Unit, University of Halle-Wittenberg,
Germany)
Practical research course on empirical research on individual differences and personality
research (Tutorial, summer term 1994, Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany)